When beloved sitcom “Full House” premiered in 1987, Candace Cameron Bure was 11 years old, and Jodie Sweetin was just 5. The show ran for eight years. During the time on set, the girls grew up together and developed a strong connection.
During an April 2026 interview on The McBride Rewind podcast, Sweetin — who’s since become a frequent Hallmark Channel star — revealed that she and Bure were very much like real sisters. Unfortunately, that meant they often squabbled on the set like siblings do. See what she had to say about meeting Bure for the first time.
Jodie Sweetin Admits to Pestering Candace Cameron Bure on Set
When Jodie Sweetin stepped onto the “Full House” set for the first time, she was so excited to make friends with the other children. But Candace Cameron Bure was a pre-teen at the time and apparently thought her younger co-star was a nuisance.
“I mean, when Candace and I, when we were young we used to fight,” Jodie Sweetin told Josh McBride on his podcast about her childhood on the set of “Full House.” “She was the baby of her family and then I came along on this faux family and I was young and cute and sassy and funny and I was an only child. So it was like, ‘Oh my god, hi! Let’s be friends!’ And she was just like, ‘You need to go away.'”
“So you know, we fought like sisters,” the 44-year-old remembered, noting that she just always wanted to be friends with her older co-star.
Thankfully, the onscreen sisters grew into true friends as time went on. Candace Cameron Bure served as the matron of honor in Jodie Sweetin’s first wedding in 2002.
The women reprised their roles as the Tanner sisters in “Fuller House,” which ran from 2016-2020 on Netflix. Recent comments seem to suggest the women have drifted apart over the years, but they’ll always have the cherished memories from their childhoods.
The Executive Producers Cast the Role of Stephanie Tanner First
While speaking with Josh McBride, Sweetin also opened up about a wide range of subjects throughout her life. When asked about the “Full House” audition process, Jodie admitted she never actually auditioned for the show. They came to her.
“I didn’t audition for ‘Full House,'” the 44-year-old actress recalled, confirming she does have to audition for roles now as an adult. “I was really fortunate. I did another show, I was a guest on another show that was Miller-Boyett, who were the executive producers and they did every show under the sun. ‘Happy Days,’ ‘Laverne & Shirley,’ ‘Perfect Strangers,’ all of that.”
“I did that episode, and the producers loved me and Jeff Franklin saw that and was like, ‘That’s her. That’s her.’ I was right for Stephanie, he was like, ‘That’s Stephanie.’ I was the first person cast on the show,” she continued.
Sweetin has starred in many Hallmark movies, including the Jane Mysteries franchise, and a recent Lifetime project. She also leaned into political activism in recent years and hosts a “comedy pageant,” entitled “Smoke Show with Jodie Sweetin.”
Fans can stream episodes of “Full House” on Hulu and its revival, “Fuller House,” on Netflix.
